पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · August 10, 2007 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.8 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।
"13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.11°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra77.13°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala37.73°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha106.71°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra125.40°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani122.86°SiṃhaMaghā P1

☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:59 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:05 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:56
Yamaganda15:27 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla06:38 – 08:24
Varjyam05:28 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:52 – 06:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:38 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:24 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:10 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:56 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:41 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:27 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:59 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:59 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:27 – 22:41 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:41 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:56 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:10 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:24 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:38 – 04:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865857.27 · 5108.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454322.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9592° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.9592°) · declination 15.72° · EoT -5.06 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2007-08-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)